veganism?

Today I have been to a lecture about veganism (According to the time it was actually yesterday, but still kind of today). It really made me think more about the mentality of our society. Is it really necessary to eat meat on a daily basis? Do we need to eat cheap and fast? Do you think you would continue to eat meat if you had to slaughter each animal you're about to eat?
For me I can say no. I haven't eaten any meat since nearly a year and even before that I refused to eat it most of the times for a few years now. But I refused to define me as a vegetarian, because I don't like the boundary the word creates. Writing that down I have to admit that I've eaten tuna once, but as I ate it I felt kind of guilty, because to me fish isn't any different than other animal and I do like to eat gummy bears and I guess most of them include gelatine of animals. So technically I'm not a vegetarian I just don't eat meat, even though I'm more likely to consider myself as a vegetarian now. I also feel to say you're a vegetarian or you are vegan builts up pressure towards other people and that's another thing I don't like. I hate when people make fun of the way of living of another person in terms of their diet. Me myself accept when people don't decide to change their eating behaviours, but I expect them to show that acceptance, too.
You do you and I do me.
To continue the topic of vegetarian/vegan diet: At first I started to not eat meat not for the animals but for not liking the taste of meat, not actually eating animals was a nice side effect that grew more important from time to time. Last month I started to drink soy milk instead of cow's milk just giving it a try. It doesn't taste the same and pure soy milk isn't that delicious, but it's okay to go with your cereal and there is a huge variety of plant-based milk that tastes better, even though it's a little more pricey.
I'm not sure yet if I'll take the step and try the vegan lifestyle, but I want to be more aware of what I'm eating. That is the aspect of the vegan topic besides the thought of animals being locked up with small amount of space and life quality that I think is the most important.